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Old 04-17-2012, 09:41 PM   #31 (permalink)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ConnClark View Post
Fortunately on a diesel the laws of Thermodynamics don't limit us too much. Adding 10 psi of boost with a roots blower can still improve fuel economy.
http://aerade.cranfield.ac.uk/ara/1936/naca-tn-569.pdf

Edit more proof (page 18 in the pdf)
http://naca.central.cranfield.ac.uk/...report-577.pdf
wrong.

is the goal more power, or more "effiicent"????

those are precombustion chamber engines, and run with incredibly inefficient parameters.

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